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Yonge & Asquith

Yonge St & Asquith Ave · Toronto, Ontario · Rosedale-Moore Park · Ward 11, University-Rosedale · Bloor-Yorkville BIA

Yonge & Asquith sits in Rosedale-Moore Park, in central Toronto. At the City's last count here, in 2018, it was a moderately travelled crossing, with more people on foot than in cars. It has Yonge Station, a protected bikeway and parks at the corner.

Traffic
7,497
vehicles · 8-hour count, Nov 22, 2018
7,846 pedestrians · 111 cyclists
Collisions
101
police-reported · 2016–2025
none killed or seriously injured · #1108 of 5,519
Getting there
Yonge Station
subway station within 250 m
17 routes within 1 km · protected bikeway
Within a walk
84/100
city median 48 · #195 of 5,672
65 places to eat within 300 m · grocery 197 m

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Yonge & Asquith

Traffic and safety

The City's latest turning-movement count, every police-reported collision within 65 m, speeds on these streets

Traffic volume8-hour count · Nov 22, 2018

The south leg carries the load — 3,284 northbound vehicles, or 44% of everything entering — while the east leg brought 543. Most cyclists arrived from the south (73 of 111). The afternoon peak is the heavier one — 1,168 vehicles in the hour from 4:15 p.m., 32% above the morning peak from 8:00 a.m. (885). Heavy vehicles made up 3.3% of traffic (typical: 3.2%). The citywide median for a 14-hour count is 16,177 vehicles. The count is 8 years old — treat it as a snapshot of 2018, not today's volume. It was an 8-hour count, which is not directly comparable with the 14-hour counts the City has used since September 2023.

From the north2,736southbound · 28 bikes · 4.2% heavy
From the west934eastbound · 10 bikes · 2.4% heavy
Total vehicles7,4977,846 pedestrians · 111 cyclists · 3.3% heavy
From the east543westbound · 0 bikes · 3.1% heavy
From the south3,284northbound · 73 bikes · 2.8% heavy

Peak hours: 885 vehicles in the hour from 8:00 a.m. and 1,168 from 4:15 p.m. (approach figures are vehicles entering from that leg over the whole count — one day's traffic, not an annual average).

Collisions 2016–2025 · within 65 m

2019 was the peak year (22 collisions), and 2025 closed with 6. 12% of collisions here involved an injury, below the 15% citywide. 22 drivers failed to remain at the scene — 22% of collisions, a higher hit-and-run share than the city's 16%. People walking or cycling were involved in 6% of collisions here (citywide: 5%). Since January 2026, 4 more collisions have been reported; they sit outside the ranking window. The most recent report on file is from Aug 26, 2026.

No one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, the ten complete years the rankings use. 1 earlier KSI collision is on file, the last on Jan 22, 2006.

By year

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2016–2025Collisions
All reported collisions101#1108 of 5,519
With an injury12#1518 of 4,669
Property damage only71
Fail to remain22
Involving a pedestrian3#1458 of 3,196
Involving a cyclist3#924 of 2,576
Severity not classified18
Since January 2026 (outside the window)4
Killed or seriously injured0
All KSI since 20061latest Jan 22, 2006

A collision counts when its recorded location is within 65 m of the centreline node, intersection-related or not. KSI = killed or seriously injured, the basis of the danger rankings; records can lag a year or more, so the current year is outside the window. How collisions are counted.

How fast traffic moves here

The City's counter on Yonge St between Scollard St and Davenport Rd (175 m away) recorded an average of 28 km/h in its 24-hour count in June 2023; 85% of drivers were at or under 37 km/h. That segment carries about 7,300 vehicles a day.

Street segmentCountedVehicles / dayAverage85th percentile95th
Asquith Ave · Yonge St – Sherlock Holmes Walk · 57 mSep 2009 · 3 days2,331———
Yonge St · Scollard St – Davenport Rd · 175 mJun 2023 · 24 h7,29728 km/h37 km/h43 km/h

Midblock counts are automatic counters laid across the road for one to seven days; 85% of drivers were at or below the 85th-percentile speed. A reading is not the speed through the intersection itself, and posted limits are not in the count data. How speeds are read.

Getting there

Transit within 1 km, cycling at the corner, and where to park

Transit and cycling

Subway
Yonge Station (Line 2)47 m; Bloor Station (Line 1)145 m; Bay Station (Line 2)310 m · 4 min; Rosedale Station (Line 1)585 m · 7 min; Wellesley Station (Line 1)716 m · 9 min; Museum Station (Line 1)893 m · 11 min; Sherbourne Station (Line 2)1 km · 12 min
Streetcar
506 nearest 738 m · 9 min
TTC bus
97 19 82 13 94 75 nearest 62 m
Blue Night
306 320 300
Nearest stops
8 surface stops within 300 m — Yonge St at Bloor St East North Side - Bloor Station
Cycling
Cycle Track on Yonge St installed 2021
Bike Share
Yonge St / Yorkville Ave 101 m · 17 docks · 31 stations, 630 docks within 1 km

Straight-line distances to the nearest stop or station entrance in each agency's current schedule feed, including temporary diversions.

Parking within 2 km

Green P
16 car parks · about 2,605 spaces
EV charging
20 Charles St E. · 392 m · 22 Level 2 + 1 fast ports; also 74 Yorkville Ave (402 m), 9 Wellesley St W. (802 m)
Bike parking
144 post-and-rings within 300 m · racks for 72 bikes within 600 m
Other lots
28 mapped lots within 500 m, 604 within 2 km — private, commercial or institutional, and often for customers or residents only
Green P car parkDistanceSpacesPeak occupancy
20 Charles St E · Garage323 m64618% (Q1 2026)
74 Yorkville Ave · Garage476 m17575% (Q1 2026)
13 Isabella St · Surface525 m3073% (Q1 2026)
1010 Yonge St. · Surface561 m48 *—
15 Wellesley St E · Surface826 m12654% (Q1 2026)

Green P spaces and average daily peak occupancy from the Toronto Parking Authority's quarterly dataset (* = capacity from the 2019 car-park list; check Green P for rates). EV chargers are City-operated only. On-street and underground parking are not included.

Within a walk

What the City's own records put within a walk of this corner — distances are the walk along real streets and paths. Shops, banks, gyms and clinics are in no City dataset, so they are not here.

Food, shops and services

You can do a shop on foot from here: Rabba is 197 m away. Two specialist food shops — butchers, bakeries and the like — sit within 300 m, the nearest Amadeus Patisserie at 252 m. There are 65 restaurants, cafés and takeouts within 300 m, and 361 eating places within a kilometre — 8.8× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is Shake Shack, 49 m away. The nearest pharmacy is Markie's Procare Pharmacy, 110 m away, one of two within 300 m. The nearest hospital site is Toronto Grace Health Centre, 438 m away, then Holland Centre at 914 m. For seniors' housing: Belmont House, a long-term care home 582 m away; Belmont House, a retirement home 582 m away (two within a kilometre).

Restaurants & cafés
  • Shake Shack · 765 Yonge St49 m
  • Infinity Mart · 852 Yonge St81 m
  • The One Caviar · 1 Yorkville Ave95 m
  • The Bespoke Wellness Group/Green House · 1 Yorkville Ave Unit-11096 m
  • Balzac's Coffee · 789 Yonge St112 m
65 within 300 m · 361 within 1 km
Grocery
Rabba 197 m · 15 within 1 km
Food shops
Amadeus Patisserie 252 m · 3 min · 2 butchers, bakeries and food shops within 300 m
Convenience
1 convenience store or gas bar within 300 m
Pharmacy
Markie's Procare Pharmacy 110 m · 12 within 1 km
Child care
  • Kids & Company - Bloor Street Site · 85 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · $10-a-day387 m · 5 min
  • University of Toronto Childcare On Charles · 73 spaces, infant, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day432 m · 5 min
  • Jesse Ketchum Early Learning & Child Care Centre · 26 spaces, toddler, preschool · fee subsidy · $10-a-day525 m · 6 min
6 licensed centres · 504 spaces within 1 km · 4 accept City fee subsidy
Washrooms
  • Ramsden Park Outdoor Rink Washroom · 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.841 m · 10 min
Drinking water: Asquith Green Park 255 m · 3 min; George Hislop Park 388 m · 5 min
Health and care
  • Toronto Grace Health Centre · hospital site438 m · 5 min
  • Holland Centre · hospital site914 m · 11 min
  • Belmont House · long-term care home582 m · 7 min
  • Belmont House · retirement home · 2 within 1 km582 m · 7 min

Food premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023, screened by name and location to leave out the kitchens inside care homes, child care, schools and offices, and carts and stalls; a shop without a recent inspection does not appear. Pharmacies, hospital sites and care homes from the Ontario Ministry of Health's register — a hospital site may be a rehabilitation or specialty hospital without an emergency department; in an emergency call 911. How places are classed.

Parks, schools and places

Parks (40)
  • Town Hall Square162 m
  • Frank Stollery Parkette215 m
  • Asquith Green Park244 m
  • Harold Town Park250 m · 3 min
  • Milner Parkette336 m · 4 min
and 35 more within 1.5 km
Schools (27)
  • McDonald International Academy SchoolPrivate · 391 m · 5 min
  • Humber College - International Graduate SchoolCollege · 443 m · 5 min
  • Jesse Ketchum Jr & Sr Public SchoolEnglish Public · 574 m · 7 min
  • Career Quest - TorontoPrivate · 592 m · 7 min
  • Rosedale Day SchoolPrivate · 631 m · 8 min
and 22 more within 1.5 km
Library
  • Toronto Public Library Toronto Reference Library branch117 m
  • Toronto Public Library Yorkville branch175 m
Places of interest
  • The Japan FoundationMuseum · 80 m
  • Toronto Reference LibraryLandmark · 90 m
  • CAA Theatre (formerly Panasonic Theatre)Performing Arts · 390 m · 5 min
  • Village of Yorkville ParkNature/ Park · 419 m · 5 min

Parks, schools, libraries and places of interest within 1.5 km; child care, washrooms and care homes within 1 km; a hospital site within 2 km. Distances are the walk along real streets and paths. How these are joined.

Not within a walk: a community centre.

84of 100
Scored from the records above

The median Toronto intersection scores 48. This corner is #195 of 5,672. It counts what can be reached, not how pleasant or safe the walk is.

  • Groceries and food28/30

    1 grocery store within 300 m · 65 places to eat within 300 m

  • Transit28/28

    Yonge Station · 8 stops within 300 m · 17 routes within 1 km

  • Library and places to go14/14

    library 117 m away · 4 places of interest within 500 m

  • Parks and recreation6/10

    8 parks within 500 m

  • Schools and child care8/8

    2 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m

  • Crossing on foot0/10

    no crossing features on file

Our own measure, not a licensed walkability rating: every point comes from a City dataset listed under Sources, and the six parts add up to the score. How the score is built · the full ranking.

Apartment buildings nearby

RentSafeTO-registered rental buildings within 1 km, with the City's latest evaluation score

53 registered apartment buildings with 8,200 rental units stand within a kilometre of the corner, four of them social or Toronto Community Housing — 3.5× the median for a Toronto intersection. The nearest is 40 Asquith Ave (196 m, 192 units, 17 storeys, built 1984), which scored 81 out of 100 at its September 2025 RentSafeTO evaluation. One building of the 53 scored below 70; the average is 89, about the citywide norm.

Nearest buildingsUnitsStoreysBuiltScoreDistance
40 Asquith Ave Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation19217198481 · Sep 2025196 m
18 Davenport Rd Toronto Community Housing · Toronto Community Housing Corporation12816198089 · Aug 2024279 m · 3 min
88 Bloor St E · Maple Leaf Property Management33625197279 · Aug 2024303 m · 4 min
40 Park Rd · Arcanos Property Management Corporation397195489 · Aug 2026361 m · 4 min
877 Yonge St social housing · St Clares Multifaith Housing Society24416198281 · Aug 2025368 m · 4 min
44 Charles St W · Jll79351197291 · Aug 2024413 m · 5 min

53 registered buildings · 8,200 units · 4 social housing · tallest 51 storeys. The score is the City's RentSafeTO evaluation out of 100; buildings of three or more storeys and ten or more units are registered, condominiums and houses are not. Each building links to its full record on LandlordReport.

Thefts reported at this corner

Thefts from vehicles and bicycle thefts that Toronto Police have offset to this intersection, 2016–2025

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and 21 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025 — 3.8× the median for a Toronto intersection with any reported theft. The pace has picked up: 9 in 2023–2025, about 3.0 a year, against 2.0 a year before that. 57% of the bike thefts were from the street or other outdoor spots. Since January 2026, 2 more have been reported, the latest on Jun 25, 2026.

By year

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2016–2025Reported2023–2025Since Jan 2026Most often from
Theft from a vehicle211street/outdoor (2)
Bicycle theft2181street/outdoor (12), other (5)

Police offset every occurrence to the nearest intersection before publishing, so these are thefts on the streets and premises around this node, not necessarily at the corner itself. Other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see Rosedale-Moore Park.

Nearby intersections

Questions

Is Yonge & Asquith a dangerous intersection?

Not by the record: no one was killed or seriously injured here in 2016–2025, though police reported 101 lesser collisions. High counts usually track high traffic volume rather than a design flaw; volume is shown alongside so the numbers can be read in context.

How busy is Yonge & Asquith?

A moderately travelled crossing at the City's last count here, in 2018. Its latest count is from Nov 22, 2018, 81% of today's median for a counted intersection.

Is Yonge & Asquith a walkable intersection?

Yonge & Asquith scores 84 out of 100 on this site's within-a-walk measure — #195 of 5,672 Toronto intersections; the city median is 48. It counts what the City's own records put within a walk — food premises, transit, libraries, parks, schools, licensed child care — not shops, banks or clinics, which no City dataset lists. Within a walk: Yonge Station · 8 stops within 300 m · 17 routes within 1 km; library 117 m away · 4 places of interest within 500 m; 2 schools within 500 m · 2 licensed child care within 500 m.

How fast do cars go at Yonge & Asquith?

The City's most recent speed count near the corner, on Yonge St between Scollard St and Davenport Rd (June 2023), found an average of 28 km/h and an 85th-percentile speed of 37 km/h — meaning 85% of drivers were at or below that speed.

Where can I park near Yonge & Asquith?

The nearest Green P car park is 20 Charles St E (323 m away, 646 spaces, 18% full at the daily peak in Q1 2026). The City's mapping shows 604 parking lots of any kind within 2 km — roughly 16,280 spaces — 28 of them within 500 m; most are private or customer-only lots. The nearest City EV charger is at 20 Charles St E. (392 m).

How do I get to Yonge & Asquith by transit?

Yonge Station (Line 2) is 47 m away; streetcar route 506 stop within 1 km, the nearest 738 m away; bus routes 97, 19, 82, 13, 94, 75 within 1 km (nearest stop: Yonge St at Bloor St East North Side - Bloor Station, 62 m).

What restaurants are near Yonge & Asquith?

65 restaurants, cafés and takeouts are within 300 m, and 361 within a kilometre, counting the premises Toronto Public Health has inspected since November 2023. The closest are Shake Shack (49 m), Infinity Mart (81 m), The One Caviar (95 m), The Bespoke Wellness Group/Green House (96 m) and Balzac's Coffee (112 m). DineSafe does not record cuisine or opening hours.

Is there a public washroom near Yonge & Asquith?

The nearest is Ramsden Park Outdoor Rink Washroom, 1020 Yonge St, 841 m away (open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.).

Is there child care near Yonge & Asquith?

Six licensed child care centres within 1 km, with 504 spaces in total; 4 accept City fee subsidy and some are in the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program. The nearest are Kids & Company - Bloor Street Site (387 m, 85 spaces), University of Toronto Childcare On Charles (432 m, 73 spaces) and Jesse Ketchum Early Learning & Child Care Centre (525 m, 26 spaces). Spaces are licensed capacity, not vacancies.

What apartment buildings are near Yonge & Asquith?

53 RentSafeTO-registered apartment buildings with 8,200 rental units are within 1 km. The nearest are 40 Asquith Ave (196 m, 192 units, RentSafeTO score 81), 18 Davenport Rd (279 m, 128 units, RentSafeTO score 89), 88 Bloor St E (303 m, 336 units, RentSafeTO score 79) and 40 Park Rd (361 m, 39 units, RentSafeTO score 89). The average RentSafeTO score across the 53 is 89 out of 100; 1 scored below 70.

How many thefts are reported at Yonge & Asquith?

Toronto Police place two thefts from vehicles and 21 bicycle thefts at this intersection in 2016–2025, plus 2 since January 2026. Break-ins, robberies and other offences are published by neighbourhood only — see the Rosedale-Moore Park page.

What neighbourhood is Yonge & Asquith in?

Yonge & Asquith is in Rosedale-Moore Park (City of Toronto neighbourhood 098). It is in Ward 11, University-Rosedale, represented by Councillor Dianne Saxe. The corner falls inside the Bloor-Yorkville Business Improvement Area.

Sources

Every figure on this page comes from one of these datasets — how they are joined